| Name: | The Fall of Greece |
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| 530 | CRISP, Robert. The Gods Were Neutral. 221p., illus. London: Muller, 1960; New York: Norton, 1961.
The author served with the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment in North Africa and Greece. The book gives a good account of their hurried departure to Greece, the fighting, and their second hurried evacuation. |
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| 531 | GREAT BRITAIN. Ministry of Information. The Campaign in Greece and Crete. 64p., illus. London: HMSO, 1942.
A brief official description and justification of the campaign. A little detail of the naval evacuations is given. |
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| 532 | HECKSTALL-SMITH, Anthony, & BAILLIE-GROHMANN, H. T. Greek Tragedy. 231p., bibliog., illus. London: Blond; New York: Norton, 1961.
A forthright account of the evacuation of Greece, which led to a libel action. Heckstall-Smith was a junior officer in command of a landing craft, while Baillie-Grohmann was the Admiral in charge of the naval side of the shore arrangements. This gives them a personal knowledge, which is used to good advantage. |
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| 533 | LONG, Gavin. Greece, Crete and Syria (Australia in the War of 1939-1945: Series 1, Army: vol. II). xiv, 587p., illus., index. Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1953.
Gives details of the evacuations, as they affected the Australians. |
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| 534 | McCLYMONT, W. G. To Greece (Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45). xii, 538p., bibliog., illus., index. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, 1959.
Although relating events on land concerning the 2nd New Zealand Division, the evacuation is fully covered. |
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| 535 | SHORES, Christopher & CULL, Brian with MALIZIA, Nicola. Air War for Yugoslavia Greece and Crete 1940-41. [ix], 445p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Grub Street, 1987. ISBN: 0948817070.
The usual excellent detailed study with much of naval relevance. |
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| 536 | WILLINGHAM, Matthew. Perilous Commitments: Britain's Involvement in Greece and Crete 1940-1941. x, 294p., bibliog., illus., index. Staplehurst: Spellmount, 2005. ISBN: 1862272360.
Originally written as a PhD thesis. This is a good workmanlike account, especially of the Greek campaign. It is however irritatingly poorly edited. |
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| 4443 | PIKE, Richard. Alfie’s War: A Fleet Air Arm Officer’s Exciting Exploits of HMS Illustrious in Greece and Crete. 189p., illus., index. London: Grub Street, 2012. ISBN: 1908117419. In effect a second biographical volume giving an account of his experiences in the Eastern Mediterranean. |
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| 4918 | REID, Richard. Greece and Crete (Australians in World War II). 220p., bibliog., illus. Canberra: Department of Veterans’ Affairs, 2011. ISBN: 9781877007651. A mixture of personal reminiscences and many photographs describe Australian involvement. Some limited naval material. |
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| 4795 | GOODEY, David & OSBORNE, Richard. Destroyer at War: The Fighting Life and Loss of HMS Havock from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean 1939-1942. Barnsley: Frontline, 2017. ISBN: 1526709007. An excellent account of the war service of this hard worked destroyer with a dozen battle honours. She saw relentless and unremitting service and action from the Spanish Civil War until her sinking off Tunisia in 1942. |
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| 529 | BUCKLEY, Christopher. Greece and Crete 1941 (The Second World War, 1939-1945. A Popular Military History by Various Authors, in Eight Volumes). viii, 311p., illus., index. London: HMSO, 1952. The evacuations by the Royal Navy are briefly covered. Reprinted in 1993 by the Efstathiadis Group in Greece. |
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